Leica M Monochrom: best pics

[Freakscene]

Thanks everyone!

Nothing like a good black and white M camera and a small 35 Cron! It’s a point and shoot at f/8 - f11.

FYI: I used a yellow/green filter, which I find as a nice balance of getting the right tones.

Being able to be quick is necessary with children.

A yellow/green - do you mean like Kodak #11, B+W 060? I am still always amazed how little yellow-green or green filters lighten foliage. Plant pigments are interesting.

Thanks,

Marty

 

[airfrogusmc]

Thank you, David. I really enjoy your contributions as well.

Below, our community pool, formerly a deep rock quarry. While there yesterday, I had to shoot around the police dive team. They had cut a hole in the ice and were taking turns at training dives. Yikes.

Very nice indeed John!! Love the tones.

 

[DwF]

35 Biogon




Saying farewell by Helen Hill, on Flickr

Helen,

Somehow with how many times I've opened this page missed this one until just now. I love the composition and the almost 21mm feel but but also the tonality.

David

 

[ASA 32]

M246 CV 50 Nokton 1.5

L1000095.jpg by ASA 32, on Flickr

 

[ASA 32]

M246 CV 50 Nokton 1.5

L1000109.jpg by ASA 32, on Flickr

 

[Ccoppola82]

With Covid it's been tough to really get interesting photos of people, so I am by default "documenting" my business

M246
28mm Summicron v1

Nick by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

 

[Larry Cloetta]

^^^^^^Nice.

 

[Ccoppola82]

^^^^^^Nice.

Thank you!

 

[Ccoppola82]

Sledding Day.

M246
Voigtlander 50mm APO Lanthar
Boys in the Back by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

 

[Richard G]

Love the tones and textures
Quite natural , beautiful ...

Thanks Helen.

 

[Ccoppola82]

246 w 35 Asph Lux
Buckle Up by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

 

[Bill Blackwell]

 

[Ccoppola82]

Donuts

Donuts

M246
35 Lux FLE

Missed focus but I liked the gesture in the image.
Donuts by Chris Coppola, on Flickr

 

[helen.HH]

wheels and spokes riding the subway


by Helen Hill, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Still digging around the old Monochrom files....


On the Outskirts of Dell City by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Jay's Jeep by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Omar2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Rayt]

L1000780 by ray tai, on Flickr

This was from one of the first days of actual street shooting having gotten used to the camera. I should crop it to a square format.

I finally sold off my M7 and MP to fund the M10 Monochrom. The files are a far cry from the plastic skin look from 10 years ago when I briefly tried out a DSLR. As a film shooter and still do shoot medium and large format film I curbed my expectations about the Monochrom but am very happy the files do look like scanned low iso film. And it's liberating I can shoot it at any iso. All of a sudden I want to replace those f1.4 lenses with the slowest and smallest I can find.

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[JohnWolf]

L1000780 by ray tai, on Flickr

This was from one of the first days of actual street shooting having gotten used to the camera. I should crop it to a square format.

I finally sold off my M7 and MP to fund the M10 Monochrom. The files are a far cry from the plastic skin look from 10 years ago when I briefly tried out a DSLR. As a film shooter and still do shoot medium and large format film I curbed my expectations about the Monochrom but am very happy the files do look like scanned low iso film. And it's liberating I can shoot it at any iso. All of a sudden I want to replace those f1.4 lenses with the slowest and smallest I can find.

Congratulations on your M10M, and nice photo. That's quite a big step, parting with an M7 and MP. I agree there's little need for 1.4 lenses with the Monochrom, at least for street work. And small lenses are wonderful. Look forward to more pics.

John

 

[JohnWolf]

Nice, Allen. Hopefully a metaphor for what's coming soon.

I get my second vaccine shot in two weeks, and hope to hit the city streets again shortly after. Although, with the pandemic I started shooting square land and urbanscapes and have really been enjoying it. That may be a new direction for me.

John

 

[airfrogusmc]

Hi John,

Good luck and glad to see you are getting your second shot. Hopefully just one more step towards more normal.

I have had both of mine and the wife gets her second later this week. I did finally get out some this past weekend as you can see. Still rock'n the original MM.

Allen